Literary Genres
Elizabethan Rhetoric
In this deeply learned contribution to the cultural and educational history of Elizabethan England, Peter Mack examines the impact of humanist training in the use of language on English prose writing.
Ancient Texts For The Study Of The Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible represents no mere collection of books but a stunning array of literary genres. To fully illuminate the history and culture of the Old Testament, it is necessary to compare these ancient writings to similar texts written concurrently by Israel's neighbors.
Gulliver's Travels (Unabridged)
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Gullivera??s Travels is a classic satire on human nature and a parody of the "travelers' tales" literary genre....
Apparitions of Self (Paperback)
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Apparitions of the Self is a groundbreaking investigation into what is known in Tibet as secret autobiography, an exceptional, rarely studied literary genre that presents a personal exploration of intimate religious experiences. In this volume, Jane...
Selected Cronicas
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A revelation for readers of Clarice Lispector`s novels and stories, Selected Cronicas presents for the first time in America a new dimension to Brazil`s greatest twentieth-century writer.
Personal Narrative
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Alexander von Humboldt became a wholly new kind of nineteenth-century hero - the scientist-explorer - and in Personal Narrative he invented a new literary genre, the travelogue. Between 1799 and 1804 he explored the tropical Spanish Americas, by his de...